Ivan Turina
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Ivan Turina (ˈiːvan ˈturina; born 3 October 1980 in Zagreb
) is a Croatia
n football
goalkeeper who is currently playing for AIK
.
, Tomislav Butina
and Vladimir Vasilj
. He did not make any competitive appearances for Dinamo until 2003 and also spent three seasons on loan to Croatia Sesvete
, Kamen Ingrad
and Osijek
.
Turina became the first-choice goalkeeper at Dinamo Zagreb during the 2003-04 season, making 22 appearances in the Croatian First League. He also made his first two UEFA Cup appearances for the club in the autumn of 2003. The 2004-05 season saw him making 12 domestic league appearances for Dinamo as their second-choice goalkeeper, but then he went on to regain his place as the first-choice goalkeeper at the club for the 2005-06 season and appeared in all of their 32 domestic league matches during a title-winning season.
He also started the 2006-07 season as Dinamo Zagreb's first-choice goalkeeper, appearing in all of their four UEFA Champions League
qualifiers against Ekranas
and Arsenal
as well as both of their UEFA Cup matches against Auxerre
early in the season. However, a couple of costly blunders saw him losing his place to Filip Lončarić
by the end of September 2006, after the opening 7 domestic league matches of the season, and he made no further competitive appearances for the club before eventually being sold to Skoda Xanthi of the Greek Super League
in the summer of 2007 after Dinamo signed Georg Koch
as their new first-choice goalkeeper.
At Skoda Xanthi, Turina started the 2007-08 season as the first-choice goalkeeper, but lost his place to Michael Gspurning
after the opening 8 matches in the Super League and made no further appearances in the league until the end of the season. On 26 August 2008, he signed a three-year contract with Polish
Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań
, where he was the first-choice goalkeeper at some stages of the 2008-09 season, making 12 appearances in the Ekstraklasa and 6 in the UEFA Cup.
On 11 September 2009, Turina terminated his contract with Lech Poznań and started training with Dinamo Zagreb later that month. On 28 January 2010, Dinamo Zagreb confirmed the signing of Turina on a short-term contract until the end of the 2009-10 season. His only competitive appearance for Dinamo during the 2009-10 season came on 14 April 2010 in their 2-1 win at Varteks, where he replaced Tomislav Butina
at half-time.
On 26 May 2010, Turina signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the reigning Swedish champions
AIK
from Stockholm
, where he was previously on trial for more than a week. He made his league debut for the club on 17 July 2010 in a 2-0 win at home to Malmö
.
in 2000.
On 1 February 2006, Turina won his only international cap for the Croatian national football team
in their friendly match against Hong Kong
at the 2006 Carlsberg Cup
, coming on as a half-time substitute for Joey Didulica. Croatia won the match 4-0.
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
) is a Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
goalkeeper who is currently playing for AIK
AIK Fotboll
AIK, , an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben, , when needed internationally AIK Stockholm, is a Swedish football club based at Råsunda stadium in Solna, a municipality in Stockholm County bordering to Stockholm City Centre...
.
Club career
Turina started his professional career with Dinamo Zagreb in the summer of 1998, initially serving as the club's fourth-choice goalkeeper behind Dražen LadićDražen Ladic
Dražen Ladić is a former Croatian football goalkeeper. Between 2006 and 2011 he was the head coach of the Croatian national under-21 team.-Club:...
, Tomislav Butina
Tomislav Butina
Tomislav Butina is a former Croatian footballer who played as goalkeeper for top level clubs Dinamo Zagreb, Club Brugge and Olympiacos. He was also capped 28 times for the Croatia national football team in the period from 2001 to 2006 and was member of Croatian squads at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA...
and Vladimir Vasilj
Vladimir Vasilj
Vladimir Vasilj is a former Croatian football goalkeeper.He was born in Hanover and started his professional career at Croatian club Hrvatski Dragovoljac in the 1995-96 season...
. He did not make any competitive appearances for Dinamo until 2003 and also spent three seasons on loan to Croatia Sesvete
NK Croatia Sesvete
NK Croatia Sesvete is a Croatian football club based in the Sesvete district of the City of Zagreb.Previous club names: NK Sljeme , NK Sesvete , NK Badel Sesvete , NK Sesvete .-2010 Match fixing scandal:...
, Kamen Ingrad
NK Kamen Ingrad
NK Kamen Ingrad was a Croatian football club from Velika, a small town near Požega in the northeast of Croatia. The club was dissolved is July of 2008 after serious financial problems.-History:The club was formed as NK Velika in 1929...
and Osijek
NK Osijek
NK Osijek is a Croatian football club, from Osijek in eastern Croatia.- History :NK Osijek's early roots are found in club called NK Udarnik that was formed in 1945 under FPR Yugoslavia's new communist authorities on the ashes of dissolved HŠK Slavija...
.
Turina became the first-choice goalkeeper at Dinamo Zagreb during the 2003-04 season, making 22 appearances in the Croatian First League. He also made his first two UEFA Cup appearances for the club in the autumn of 2003. The 2004-05 season saw him making 12 domestic league appearances for Dinamo as their second-choice goalkeeper, but then he went on to regain his place as the first-choice goalkeeper at the club for the 2005-06 season and appeared in all of their 32 domestic league matches during a title-winning season.
He also started the 2006-07 season as Dinamo Zagreb's first-choice goalkeeper, appearing in all of their four UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
qualifiers against Ekranas
FK Ekranas
Futbolo Klubas Ekranas is a Lithuanian football club, playing in the town of Panevėžys.The club was founded in 1964.It has won Lithuanian championships in 1985 , 1993, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010, the Lithuanian Cup in 1985 , 1998, 2000, 2010 and 2011 and the Lithuanian Super Cup in 1998, 2006, 2010...
and Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
as well as both of their UEFA Cup matches against Auxerre
AJ Auxerre
Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the...
early in the season. However, a couple of costly blunders saw him losing his place to Filip Lončarić
Filip Loncaric
Filip Lončarić is a Croatian professional football goalkeeper who currently plays for Dinamo Zagreb. The player spent his whole career playing for the club, making 52 appearances in all competitions....
by the end of September 2006, after the opening 7 domestic league matches of the season, and he made no further competitive appearances for the club before eventually being sold to Skoda Xanthi of the Greek Super League
Super League Greece
The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...
in the summer of 2007 after Dinamo signed Georg Koch
Georg Koch
Georg Koch is a former German footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.-Football career:Born in Bergisch Gladbach, Koch started his career playing at amateur club SpVgg Erkenschwick before becoming a professional in January 1992, when he moved to the Bundesliga with Fortuna Düsseldorf...
as their new first-choice goalkeeper.
At Skoda Xanthi, Turina started the 2007-08 season as the first-choice goalkeeper, but lost his place to Michael Gspurning
Michael Gspurning
Michael Gspurning is an Austrian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Greek club Skoda Xanthi. He is known for being a solid and dominant keeper and also a good penalty-stopper. Currently he has a contract until December 2011....
after the opening 8 matches in the Super League and made no further appearances in the league until the end of the season. On 26 August 2008, he signed a three-year contract with Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań
Lech Poznan
Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. The club is named after Lech, the legendary founder of Polish nation.The club was established in 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec, later changing its name several times. From 1933 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways...
, where he was the first-choice goalkeeper at some stages of the 2008-09 season, making 12 appearances in the Ekstraklasa and 6 in the UEFA Cup.
On 11 September 2009, Turina terminated his contract with Lech Poznań and started training with Dinamo Zagreb later that month. On 28 January 2010, Dinamo Zagreb confirmed the signing of Turina on a short-term contract until the end of the 2009-10 season. His only competitive appearance for Dinamo during the 2009-10 season came on 14 April 2010 in their 2-1 win at Varteks, where he replaced Tomislav Butina
Tomislav Butina
Tomislav Butina is a former Croatian footballer who played as goalkeeper for top level clubs Dinamo Zagreb, Club Brugge and Olympiacos. He was also capped 28 times for the Croatia national football team in the period from 2001 to 2006 and was member of Croatian squads at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA...
at half-time.
On 26 May 2010, Turina signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the reigning Swedish champions
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...
AIK
AIK Fotboll
AIK, , an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben, , when needed internationally AIK Stockholm, is a Swedish football club based at Råsunda stadium in Solna, a municipality in Stockholm County bordering to Stockholm City Centre...
from Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, where he was previously on trial for more than a week. He made his league debut for the club on 17 July 2010 in a 2-0 win at home to Malmö
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white...
.
International career
In September 1996, Turina won two international caps for the Croatian national under-17 football team and went on to appear in four international matches for the Croatian national under-19 football team between October 1998 and May 1999. He also appeared in four international friendlies for the Croatian national under-21 football teamCroatia national under-21 football team
The Croatia national under-21 football team, also known as Croatia under-21 or Croatia U21 is a youth association football national team which represents Croatia at this age level and is a feeder team for the Croatia national football team....
in 2000.
On 1 February 2006, Turina won his only international cap for the Croatian national football team
Croatia national football team
The Croatia national football team represents Croatia in international football. The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2006 by former player Slaven Bilić...
in their friendly match against Hong Kong
Hong Kong national football team
The Hong Kong national football team , represents Hong Kong in international association football events such as the FIFA World Cup, AFC Asian Cup and East Asian Football Championship. The team is represented by the Hong Kong Football Association....
at the 2006 Carlsberg Cup
2006 Carlsberg Cup
The 2006 Carlsberg Cup was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday .-=Head coach: Zlatko Kranjčar:=Head coach: Morten Olsen...
, coming on as a half-time substitute for Joey Didulica. Croatia won the match 4-0.